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John Graham-Cumming's mental models

3 claims John Graham-Cumming made fit 3 mental models. Most often: Cheaper means more, not less, Feedback loops, Lock-in and switching costs. Everything they said here.

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Cheaper means more, not less

Make something cheaper to use and people use so much more of it that the total goes up (Jevons paradox).

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If AI removes much of programming’s arcane work, that may open programming to many more people.

  1. John Graham-Cumming Board member at Cloudflare, and its CTO until March 2025 What if AI eliminates much of our odd work and lets people concentrate on the thing they are creating? I think that would be wonderful and would open the world of programming to many, many more people. Batteries included: how AI will transform the who and how of programmingblog.cloudflare.com · 14 May 2023All korrents from this piece
    What if AI eliminates much of our odd work and lets people concentrate on the thing they are creating? I think that would be wonderful and would open the world of programming to many, many more people.

Feedback loops

Shorten the loop between doing and finding out; whatever a loop rewards is what you become.

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Products should be best-of-breed, not just working and available; ship early and iterate rapidly.

  1. John Graham-Cumming Board member at Cloudflare, and its CTO until March 2025 But it’s not just about making products work and be available, it’s about making the best-of-breed. We ship early and iterate rapidly. Welcome to GA Weekblog.cloudflare.com · 18 Sept 2022All korrents from this piece
    But it’s not just about making products work and be available, it’s about making the best-of-breed. We ship early and iterate rapidly.

Lock-in and switching costs

People stay with what they would not choose again because leaving costs more than staying; watch who sets that cost.

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A world of AI needs data that can move freely between platforms, without transfer fees or egress charges.

  1. John Graham-Cumming Board member at Cloudflare, and its CTO until March 2025 Data needs to be free to move from system to system, from platform to platform, without transfer fees, egress or other nonsense. If we want a world of AI, we need a world of data fluidity. Batteries included: how AI will transform the who and how of programmingblog.cloudflare.com · 14 May 2023All korrents from this piece
    Data needs to be free to move from system to system, from platform to platform, without transfer fees, egress or other nonsense. If we want a world of AI, we need a world of data fluidity.